Max Poon Pui Hin (; born 3 October 2000) is a

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professional

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who currently plays as a

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for

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club

Kitchee Kitchee Sports Club (; ; ) is a Hong Kong professional Association football, football club based in Kowloon. It was founded in 1931 and currently competes in the Hong Kong Premier League. The club has won championships in Hong Kong 11 times, in ...

Club career

On 6 May 2017, Poon made his HKPL debut for Biu Chun Glory Sky in the match against

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at the age of 16. On 11 August 2021, Poon signed for

. He was a core member in the Sapling Cup during the 2021–22 season, while he only made 1 league appearance during his first season at the club. He established himself as a first-team regular in the 2022–23 season, scoring 5 goals in 14 HKPL appearances.

International career

On 23 March 2023, Poon made his international debut for

in a friendly match against

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. Poon scored his first two international goals in the friendly match against

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on 11 September 2023, helping Hong Kong to a 10–0 victory. Poon was selected to represent

in the

2022 Asian Games The 2022 Asian Games (), officially known as the 19th Asian Games (), also known as Hangzhou 2022, ( zh, c=杭州2022, p=Hángzhōu Èr líng èr èr), will be a multi-sport event celebrated in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. Hangzhou will be the t ...

. On 1 October 2023, he scored the only goal in the quarter-final match against

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, helping Hong Kong to advance to their first semi-final appearance in the competition. On 26 December 2023, Poon was named in Hong Kong's squad for the

2023 AFC Asian Cup The 2023 AFC Asian Cup will be the 18th edition of the AFC Asian Cup, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Asia organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It will involve 24 national teams after expansion in 201 ...

Personal life

Poon's father,

Poon Man Chun Poon Man Chun ( zh, 潘文俊; born 27 April 1977) is a former Hong Kong professional footballer who played as a forward. He is currently the assistant coach of Hong Kong Premier League club Kitchee. Club career Poon started his career with Hon ...

, is a former professional

Career statistics

Club

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International

International goals

Honours

Kitchee *

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Hong Kong Senior Shield The Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield (), known commonly as the Senior Shield, is the football knockout inter-club competition held in Hong Kong and the fourth oldest football tournament in Asia. Traditionally, only the teams in the Hong Kong Pr ...

, 2023–24 *

Hong Kong FA Cup Hong Kong FA Cup () is a knockout cup competition in Hong Kong football, run by and named after The Hong Kong Football Association. The first edition of the competition was held in 1975, before then the cup was known as the Golden Jubilee Cup. Th ...

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